Egg candler



Aug. 7, 1928. 1,679,769

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wALTER's. GUsTAFsoN AND EDWARD D. SMITH, `o1? MANOR', TEXAS.

EGG CANDLER.

Application med January 15i926. seriaiNo. aif,4ao.v

Y This invention relates to improvements in egg candlers, and it is theprincipal ob]ect of the invention to provide a machine Lof this type allowing the testing of a vplurality of eggs at one time, and the markingy of the Vsame to denote inferior quality.m v

Another object of the invention `is the pro-` vision of an egg candler provided with tion and testing ofthe eggs Sind SBquPPed with means for movingwthe 'tray slowly in one or ythe other direction below an inspection housing and above a plurality of lamps which can be illuminated and extinguished as desired.

It is furthermore also one of the objects of the invention to provide an egg Candler the inspection housing of which is removably secured to thek machine frame and has combined therewith a pluralit of stamps for marking the quality of t e inspected eggs thereon, while the housing is equipped with suitable side openings allowing a ready handling of the eggs.

These and other objects and advanta es of the invention will become more fu ly known as t-lie description thereof proceeds, and will thenfbe more fully defined in the 'appended' claims. v

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of an egg candler constructed n according to the present invention. y f

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same seen in the direction of the arrows 2 2 of Figure 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional side elevation of a modified form of egg tray re' ciprocating means. l

Fig. 5 is a top plan view thereof.

Figs. 6 and 7 are perspective detail viewsv Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

' The egg our invention comprises a table or frame 10 supported by a plurality of legsrll. Thek candler constructed according 4to eggs to be candled are placed.v ona tray 12 y made in convenient'sive to accommodate for instance six dozen eggs 12 or any other suitable number conveniently to be handled.

rThis trayjis suitablyl made of a wooden frame enclosing a wire netting receiving in vits meshes the eggs to be test-ed and'is adapted to be reciprocated in one or the otliendip rection KVover a u cross-bars 14 in rainelOvbymeans of cables or ropes 15 and 16 respectively.

These'cables are attached at one'of theiry lurality of rollers 13 ony ends, the inner one,was at 17 and 18 iespectively, to suitable eyes provided on the end bai's of the frameof the tray 12.V Inteimediate their ends the cables ar'egu'ided over pulleys' 19v and 2O respectively arrangedin rackets 20, 21 'attached' to :the'inner faces of the endbars of frame 10. Y

v The inner ends of the cables or cords 15,

A16 are attached to spools 22, 23 on a common shaft 24 transversely arranged in frame 10 and adapted to be operated bymeans ofy acrank 25 rotatable in'one and the other direction on the end of shaft 24 projecting beyond the frame 10. n l

y To the upper part of the frame 10, in approximately'the centerthereof, a plurality of brackets 26 are secured for removably receiving a box or housing 27 having in its top an inspection opening 28.

To t-he lower part of frame 1() a housing 29 is attached in any suitable convenient manner'adapted to hold a plurality of lamp sockets for the electric lamps 30 adapted to be attached to a light circuit by means rof vthe cord 31, while a lswitch 32 is provided for closing and opening the lightcircuit.

The box 27 has in one of its side walls an opening 33 adapted to be closed by a iap 34 of any suitable material allowing thel insertion of the hands into thel box. for turning the'eggs etc. i n

In the modified form'of'our inventionrdisclosed inFigures 4 and 5, the tray 35 holding the eggs 36 tobe candled is supported in a l frame 37 on rack bars 38 moving over. suitable rollers 39 by means of gears 40 in mesh with the racks 38 and attached to a transverse shaft 41 carrying at its outer end projecting beyond frame 37 a crank 42 adapted to be turned in one and the other direction for imparting to the tray a reciproeatory motion beneath the inspection opening and above the lamps.

Stamps 13, elet bearing at their lower ends the inscriptions or legends Rots and Sea to designate the candled eggs of inferior quality, are introduced through the top of box 27 and have springs 45, 446 wound about their shafts secured with their lower Vends to colla-rs 47, 48 on said stamps, while the upper ends of the springs rest against strips 49, 50 secured to the lowerl 'face of the top plate of box 27 which is provided with elongated slots for allowing a free movement of the stamps from the rear to the front of the box or vice versa. The stamps are actuated by means of the handles 5l, 52 allowing a depression of the stamps to lightly engage the eggs without danger of crushing their shells.

The operation of our device will be understood from the above without further description. 4

It will be understood that while we have describedV and shown the preferred forms of our invention as an example of the many ways in which the saine may be practically constructed, such changes may be made in the general arrangement and in the construction of the minor details kof our invention, as fall within the scope oi the ap pended claim, without departure from the spirit of the invention and the principles involved. V

Having thus described our invention, what We claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Pat-ent is y:

1n an egg candling apparatus of the class described including` a slotted casing, a means for eairidlinga plurality of eggs passed slowly below the slot in said casing, and a. means for marking thecafndled eggs according to their quality, said Ameans comprising a pair of stamps suspendedin said easing and displaceable in the Vslots thereof, collars on said sta-inps, springs resting with their lower ends upon said collars and wound about said stamps, abutting with their upper ends the casing wall, and curved handles for said stamps Itor operating the same and lfor normally keeping the saine suspended inthe casing by resting on vthe top of said casing'.

Signed at Manor in the county of Travis and State of Texas, this 9th day of January, A. D. 1926.

WALTER s. eUsTAr-soN. EDWARD n. sMrrH. 

